Pino Settanni (1949) slavni talijanski fotograf, premda je najpoznatiji po portretima poznatih osoba iz svijeta filma, glazbe, književnosti, kazališta (medu kojima je, naravno, značajan broj njegovih prijatelja), u svijetu umjetničke fotografije odavno je prepoznat i po brojnim drugim tematskim krugovima, koji ga čine umjetnikom neobično širokog izražajnog spektra. Rođen u mjestu Grottaglie, na samoj peti apeninske čizme (Taranto, Salento, Apulia), fotografijom se bavi od 1966. a ona mu profesijom postaje od 1973. kad se stalno nastanjuje u Rimu. Njegove prve izložbe, kao i prateće monografije vezane su uz rodni kraj i jug Italije. One s jedne strane pokazuju svu čudesnu raskoš motiva i kolorita tog podneblja (Voligrarntni - 1975, Slcilia di Gattuso - 1979, Costelligrammi - 1983...), a s druge Settanijev smisao za lucidno kadriranje i odlazak u poetičnu apstrakciju. Raznorodnost i inventivnost Settannijevog kasnijeg opusa gotovo da je nemoguće obuhvatiti (petnaestak samostalnih fotografskih monografija i više od šezdeset samostalnih izložbi diljem svijeta), a pregršti panegirika iz pera najmeritornijih prosuditelja, svakodnevica su s kojom Settani živi odavno, ali na koju se pretjerano ne obazire. Više od nebrojenih nagrada i priznanja znače mu novi fotografski izazovi koje s lakoćom pronalazi na svim svjetskim meridijanima. Na 54. splitskom ljetu Settanni će se predstaviti ciklusom fotografija pod nazivom Cinema, koji kao i drugi njegovi ciklusi pokazuje svu osebujnost njegova pristupa svijetu "slavnih i poznatih".

Pino Settanni (1949) famous Italian photographer, although famous for his portraits of movie, music, literature and theater celebrities (many of whom are his friends, of course), has become famous for numerous other topics in the world of art photographv, proving him to be the artist of extremely wide expressive range. He was born in Grottaglie on the very heel of the Apennine boot (Taranto, Salento, Apulia) He has been taking photographs since 1966 and has been a professional photographer since 1973, the year in which he moved to Rome. His first exhibitions as well as accompanying brochures are connected to his birth town and Italian south. On the one hand he shows all the magical luxury of motifs and colors of the region (Voligrammi — 1975, Sicilia di Gattuso — 1979, Costelligrammi - 1983...), and on the other hand Settani's sense of lucid framing and departing to a poetic abstraction. It is almost impossible to mention the variety and inventiveness of Settani's late work (some fifteen one-man photography monographies and more than sixty one-man shows throughout the world), vvhile numerous panegyrics written by the most famous critics have become an ordinary thing that Settanni has been living with for a long time, however, does not care much about it. New photography challenges mean more to him than uncountable awards and prizes. He can easily find these challenges in all the world continents. Settanni will present his work at the 54th Split Summer Festival with the Cinema photo cycle which shows, just like his other cycles, the overall peculiarity of his approach towards the world of "the rich and famous".